Necktie presser



May 27, 1952 N. DORAZIO NECKTIE PRESSER Filed July 6, 1950 Nick Dorazio INVENTOR.

.l Iril l Patented May 27, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT o1=1=1 :i:.

NECKTIE PRESSER Nick Dorazio, Baltimore, Md.

Application July 6, 1950, Serial No. 172,266

2 Claims. (Cl. 38--72) This invention relates to a combined necktie presser and hanger and has for its primary object to provide a means to keep neckties pressed and free of wrinkles during the time that they are hung on a suitable bracket.

A further important object of this invention is to provide a combined necktie presser and hanger of the character described which is relatively simple in design and construction, inexpensive, very easy to manipulate, and very'efficient for keeping a plurality of ties suspended in such manner that the ties will always remain pressed and free of wrinkles.

A further important object of this invention is to provide a combined necktie presser and hanger comprising an arm adapted to be suspended upon a bracket, a fiat member depending from said arm, and a presser member adapted to retain a necktie in proper position on and about said flat member.

These, together with various ancillary objects and features of the invention which will later become apparent as the following description proceeds, are attained by the device, a preferred embodiment of which has been illustrated by way of example only in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one form of the invention;

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken substantially on the plane of section line 22 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken substantially on the plane of section line 3-3 of Figure 1;

Figure a is a perspective view of a modified form of the presser element; and,

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken substantially on the plane of section line 5-5 of Figure 4.

Specific reference is now made to the drawings. In the several views in the accompanying drawings and in the following specification reference characters indicate corresponding elements throughout.

The present device is relatively simple in design and construction and because of this can be fabricated of a variety of materials such as attractively colored plastics, wood, metal, and the like materials. The device comprises a plurality of suspending members l0 fabricated of a relatively flat plate l2 of sufiicient length to support a conventional four-in-hand necktie l4 in the manner shown in the drawings. The top edge of the fiat plate I2 is rounded as at [6 to prevent wrinkling of the tie which is folded about this rounded edge and secured transversely through each of the plates 12 immediately adjacent the rounded edge is the longer leg I8 of an L-shaped bar 20 the shorter leg 22 of which is adapted to be received in an appropriate sleeve 24 which is open at its top and bottom ends as at 26 and 28 and is stamped out of an appropriate bracket 30 which may be secured to an appropriate support ing structure such as a wall or door. As shown clearly in Figure 1, a plurality of plates l2 and L-shaped rods 20 are provided so that a large number of ties may be suspended on the plate. and while any bracket may be employed for removably receiving the shorter leg 22 of the rod, an appropriate bracket should be provided for receiving the rod in such a manner that the plates are pivotal in a horizontal plane relative to the bracket so that the ties supported on the plate l2 can be pushed, more or less in a nested relationship, against the supporting structure.

To retain the ties on the plate l2 in such a manner that they will remain inwardly pressed and wrinkle-free, a presser member 82 is provided comprising a U-shaped spring clip having an arcuate web portion 34 which embraces the curved upper edge l6 of each of the supporting plates l2 and which includes leg portions 38 and 38 which are tensioned inwardly toward each other and engage the neckties in the manner clearly shown in Figure 3. The bottom free edges of the leg portions 36 and 38 are outwardly curved as at 40 to avoid snagging of the ties when the presser element is slipped over the tie l4 suspended upon the supporting plate [2.

In the modification shown in Figures 4 and 5, a presser element 42 is provided which is preferably fabricated of plastic material having an arcuate web 44 and depending legs 48 and 48,

the bottom edges of which are outwardly turned as at 50. The plastic U-shaped clips are reinforced with a metallic U-shaped spring bar 82, the legs of which are secured to the legs 48 and 48 of the clips by means of appropriate rivets 54, the springs being so tensioned as to urge the legs 46 and 48 inwardly toward each other and into tight engagement with the tie suspended upon the supporting plate l2.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of the device will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A more detailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shown and described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same is susceptible to certain changes fully comprehanded by the spirit of the invention as herein described and the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A combined necktie presser and hanger comprising an elongated bracket adapted to be secured to a support, a plurality of longitudinally spaced, horizontally extending arms mounted on said bracket for pivotal movements in a. horizontal plane, an elongated flat plate having an upper rounded edge and secured adjacent this edge upon each of said arms, and a presser member adapted to retain and press a necktie in proper position on and about each flat plate, said presser member including a U-shaped clip having outwardly curved free edges, said clip being approximately as long and as wide as each fiat plate.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,278,694 Lewellin Sept. 10, 1918 2,378,747 Berman et al June 19, 1945 2,485,201 Jewett Oct. 18, 1949 

